Board Changes

RNS Number : 1502P

RM PLC

29 September 2011

 



29 September 2011

RM plc

Board Changes

RM plc announces the following changes to the Board of Directors:

After nine years as a Director of RM, Mr John Windeler's term of office will expire on 1 October when Mr Windeler will step down from the Board. Professor Sir Tim Brighouse intends to resign on 30 November 2011, having also served a total of nine years since his first appointment as a Director in 2002. The Board would like to thank Mr Windeler and Professor Brighouse for their contribution throughout their tenure.

Mr Rob Sirs has taken the decision to leave RM after 21 years of service. Mr Sirs will step down from the Board on 1 October but will remain with RM until 30 November. The Board would like to thank Mr Sirs for his long service and contribution to RM.

Sir Bryan Carsberg has also completed over nine years as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee and, accordingly, has advised the Board that he does not intend to seek re-election at the next Annual General Meeting scheduled for March 2012. Following the AGM, Ms Deena Mattar will be appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee and an orderly handover will be effected during this period.

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Lord Andrew Adonis as a non-executive director and a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees, effective 1 October 2011. Lord Adonis (48) spent twelve years in government as a minister and special adviser, including Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Head of the No.10 Policy Unit and senior No.10 adviser on education, and Secretary of State at the Department for Transport. Lord Adonis is a Director of the Institute for Government, an independent cross-party charity, a non-executive director of Dods (Group) plc and a director of two charities: the Baker-Dearing Trust and Edge.

Following the above changes, and subject to appropriate confirmations at the Annual General Meeting, the Board will comprise a Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Finance Director and four non-executive Directors. The Senior Independent Director is Ms Jo Connell.

Contacts:

RM plc	08450 700300
Martyn Ratcliffe, Chairman
Andy Robson, Company Secretary
FTI Consulting	020 7831 3113
James Melville-Ross
Sophie McMillan

 

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